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Press Key
Frequency entry digit “1.”
Frequency entry digit “2.”
Frequency entry digit “3.”
Frequency entry digit “4.”
Frequency entry digit “5.”
Frequency entry digit “6.”
Frequency entry digit “7.”
Frequency entry digit “8.”
Frequency entry digit “9.”
Activates the Internet Con-
nection feature.
Frequency entry digit “0.”
Sets the frequency control to
the Memory Recall mode.
Activates the “Memory
“Tune” mode while in the
Memory Recall mode.
Sets frequency control to
the VFO mode.
Toggles the VFO between
“VFO A” and “VFO B”
while in the VFO mode.
Increasser the VFO fre-
quency by one step or moves
the memory channel to the
next-highest channel.
Decreases the VFO fre-
quency by one step or moves
the memory channel to the
next-lowest channel.
Reverses the transmit and
receive frequencies while
working through a repeater.
Activates the “Alternate”
key function.
Press [F/L] + Key
Activates the CTCSS or
DCS Operation.
Selects the CTCSS tone or
DCS code number.
Selects the desired trans-
mit power output level.
Selects the direction of the
uplink frequency shift dur-
ing repeater operation.
Selects the CTCSS/DCS
Bell ringer repetitions.
Toggles the display indica-
tion between “frequency”
and the channel’s “Alpha/
Numeric Tag”.
Selects the Scan Resume
Mode.
Selects the LCD/Keypad
Lamp Mode.
Selects the DTMF Mode.
Engages the Set (Menu)
Mode.
Selects the Memory Scan
“Skip” channel-selection
mode.
Activates the Priority
(Dual Watch) function.
Tunes the VFO frequency
upward in 1 MHz steps.
Tunes the VFO frequency
downward in 1 MHz steps.
Switches to the “Home”
(favorite frequency) Chan-
nel.
Disables the “Alternate”
key function.
Press & Hold Key
Toggles the “Weather”
broadcast channel memory
bank on/off.
Activates the ARTS fea-
ture.
Activates the Smart Search
feature.
Activates the EMER-
GENCY function.
Starts the programmable
scanner upward (toward a
higher frequency or a
higher channel number).
Enables Internet access
code selection.
Activates the “Memory
Write” mode (for memory
channel storage).
Selects the Band width for
the VFO scanner. Selects
the Memory Bank while in
the Memory Recall mode.
Starts the scanner upward.
(toward a higher frequency
or a higher channel num-
ber).
Starts the scanner down-
ward. (toward a lower fre-
quency or a lower channel
number).
Activates the Key Lockout
feature.
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